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Schedule:
- ‘Getting to
know you’ Questions
- ‘Free-writing’
- Thinking
about different kinds of writing
- Quick reading
task,
comprehension
interpretation
analysis
- Task for next
week:
Choose
a ‘prompt’ that we will use for a free-write next week. It can be a song, a photograph,
a painting, a map, an object… anything that you think will be interesting to
write about…
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Some
Questions about Reading and Writing:
What are some
things that you really enjoy doing when you have free time?
Can you think
of any music that you really enjoy? What is it about this music that moves
you?
What artist or
artwork would you recommend to someone who doesn’t know anything about art?
Can you think
of three things that you’ve enjoyed reading in the past month (year/ever…)?
What did you
enjoy about these?
What are the
three kinds of writing that you do most? / Which of these do you find most
enjoyable? / Which of these do you find the least enjoyable?
What is your
‘routine’ when you begin writing something?
- Where do you write?
- What technologies do you use?
- Who do you write to? / Who do you
want to read your writing?
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Free-writing:
A free-writing
is an exercise helps us generate ideas and pay more attention to the ways we
pay attention to details. When we free-write
Free-writing
requires us to focus on the process
of writing NOT on the product
that we write.
Some tips for
free-writing:
Take one or two minutes to relax and
empty your mind; Don’t let yourself feel nervous about your writing or what
you might write
Ignore grammar rules; The goal of free-writing
is to make a connection between your thinking and your writing; You can worry
about grammar, vocabulary, and organization later
Practice a little bit every day
Don’t worry about how much you write…
think about the amount of time you spend writing
Mix ‘voices’, ‘languages’, and ‘styles’
as you free-write
Decide how long you want to spend on
a free-write… set a timer… while the timer is on, don’t stop writing… even if
you are writing non-sense or “blah, blah, blah”… keep writing and moving your
hands until an idea comes to you
Choose a ‘prompt’… a song, a photograph,
a painting, a map, an object… anything that you think will inspire you to think/write
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